Chapiteau
[ʃapiˈtoː]
The verdict
“Chapiteau” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist ovales, großes Zelt für Zirkusvorstellungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-chapiteau · Chapiteau · German
Chapiteau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chapiteau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃapiˈtoː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chapiteau“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chapiteau is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃapiˈtoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist ovales, großes Zelt für Zirkusvorstellungen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Chapiteau in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Chapiteau, spelled C-H-A-P-I-T-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1meist ovales, großes Zelt für Zirkusvorstellungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Chapiteau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bald kaufte er wieder Tiere, organisierte Autos, Wohnwagen, ein Chapiteau.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.